Hello all, I just lost my son. my question is can PCP mixed with cocaine?

My son was 26 years old, his wedding date (Nov 13, 2010), came and gone now. I just need to know if these 2 drugs cocaine and phencyclidine that were found in his system, by the way the only 2 drugs they found, kill him? I cant find any info on these 2 together, was hoping someone might be able to guide me or tell me something about these drugs. I do know what they are, but never heard of the 2 being mixed together. Im keep asking myself did my son have emenies? I dont know, Im totally lost and griving so bad he past Oct 7 this year. Anyone, someone please help me if you can, dont hold back, im not afraid of hearing bad things, anything right now will help. I have the EMT report and reading it doesnt help, its not telling me much, tells me narcan was used and he responded. but when i read his heart rate within 18 minutes it went from 161 to 38 also states "when pulling into the ER pt went into respiratroy arrest and was intubated. What does ARREST mean? Thank you all for reading this and hopefully someone will know what happened.THANK YOU ALL

Added 15 Nov 2010:

and yes i did get a toxic report on my son those two drugs were the only toxicians in his system

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Anonymous15 Nov 2010

They may not have been used together, just both used in the recent past and still combined somewhat and caused a heart attack, also known as cardiac arrest. This is simply a way of saying that the heart was not beating correctly at that time or it ceased beating at all. The PCP and Cocaine may have also been mixed together in a joint and smoked. Have you thought of taking the report to your Doctor and seeing what he can make of it. Has a complete toxicology been done, you will need that report too and it takes 6 weeks or more to come back from the coroner. I am so sorry that you lost your son. If the 2 were mixed in a joint, he may NOT have known it. He also may have had a minor heart condition that went undiagnosed and then when the cocaine hit his system, it caused the heart to beat really fast and erratic and triggered the fatal heart attack. My Prayers are with you.

I am so sorry for your lost. My husband is in hospital in icu right now. Just only coke and pcp were found in his system.I just want to say sorry for your lost. And I hope u will find answer on your question.

I am exceedingly sorry for your loss and I hope that by now the pain is starting to subside for you. It will never go away and your memories of your son will always be uppermost in your mind and heart but the physical pain will slowly subside.

As regards your question. Your previous correspondent was correct in what they said.

I am of the opinion that he two drugs found in your sons body were probably ingested as a trial to see what effect they would have on him. I have known persons in the U.K. who have experimented with these two drugs and who have had terrible results with them. Please believe that we will never know the absolute truth but it has been known.

As far as respiratory arrest is concerned this is slightly different that cardiac arrest. Respiratory relates to the lungs and all of the breathing organs whereas cardiac is specifically relating to the heart.